Archive for October, 2008

Beautiful Day for First Bryant Park Skate

Jeff - Oct 31st, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Category: Life in General, New York | tagged Bryant Park

As you can see it was a beautiful day to take the first skate of the season at The Pond at Bryant Park (the view is from a web cam perched on top of the New York Public Library). It was sunny and in the high 50s. That made the ice a little slushy, but [...]

Friday Geek Out: Election Day

Jeff - Oct 31st, 2008 at 7:24 am
Category: Current Events, Geek Out, LGBT Issues | tagged 2008 election

Yes, it’s an odd topic for a Geek Out, but in the last weekend before the Presidential Election it seemed the perfect time to talk about voting and why it actually does have a Geek Out status with me. You might remember that I wrote a little bit about elections back in September when I [...]

Fathom’s Five: The Cross of Sins by Geoffrey Knight

Jeff - Oct 29th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Category: Books | tagged action/adventure, Fathom's Five, fiction, gay, Geoffrey Knight

Fathom’s Five: The Cross of Sins by Geoffrey Knight was a fun read. The book is a mix of Indiana Jones, The Mummy and Saturday afternoon action/adventure movies with a good dose of erotica thrown in as well.
The Fathom in the title is Professor Fathom, a super smart, blind professor who is interested in history [...]

DWTS Season 7, Week 6: Variety Rules the Day

Jeff - Oct 28th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Category: TV | tagged Dancing with the Stars

Except for the rumba, there was a different dance style for everyone this week on Dancing with the Stars. It was good to see such a variety on display.
Maurice started things off with a good Viennese Waltz. This is the second week I’ve felt he improved and it’s been good to see. He and Cheryl [...]

Charlie Brown Wins!

Jeff and Will - Oct 28th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Category: TV | tagged advertisement, peanuts

I guess we’re a little out of touch. We just saw this ad for the first time this weekend as it aired at the movies ahead of High School Musical 3. Apparently this was one of Coke’s ads for this year’s Super Bowl. Perhaps it is in movie theaters now since the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day [...]

Tigers Play Hard, Lose Anyway

Jeff - Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Category: Hockey | tagged Ronnie's Ice, Tigers

The Tigers had a rough game last night. We went out and played a pretty good agressive game, but we just couldn’t get on top of the Scapegoats. It was a fun, fast moving game though. I felt I had a good game myself. I made a couple of offensive rushes and, while I couldn’t [...]

Noah’s Arc: Jumping The Broom

Jeff - Oct 25th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Category: Movies | tagged Logo, Noah's Arc

Will and I were both of fans of Noah’s Arc for the two seasons it ran on Logo. We were disappointed when the show was canceled seemingly out of the blue, but were excited when it was revealed the show was making the jump to the big screen. Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom went into [...]

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Jeff - Oct 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Category: Movies | tagged High School Musical, musical

Wow! It’s been a long time since we’ve been to the movies (that would be Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 back on August 10). What better way to inaugurate the fall movie-going season than with High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Was it a good movie? Yes. Right in line with the expectations set by [...]

Friday Geek Out: Excerpts from “The Lion King”

Jeff - Oct 24th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Category: Geek Out | tagged Broadway, musical, The Lion King

The Lion King stormed on to Broadway in October 1997 and won all kinds of accolades, including the 1998 Tony for Best Musical, for its stunning stage presentation. We finally saw the show in 1999 after we’d moved to the city and could take care of getting tickets for it in person because the show [...]